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It's pretty clear that the account was either sold or taken over. Look at the most recent comments as well; not even a single one since 2012.

I know we aren't supposed to talk about this per HN guidelines, but this is just too blatant. And yes, I've already emailed hn@ycombinator.com.

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What about this interesting submission makes it "clear" the account was "sold"?

We can look at a timeline of the account history for paulsb.

Last comment on the account: 2012

Last post on the account: 2013

7 years of inactivity

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If it were them coming back to their old account, given how regularly paulsb commented while still active, you would think there'd be at least a few recent comments showing some kind of ramp up in re-usage of the site.

I understand that this is a complete digression from the main topic but I would love to know more about whatever you may know about accounts being bought/sold, or be pointed to a link with more.

I'm familiar with it for, say, ebay, and at least indirectly familiar with it over reddit, but hn is a new one to me.

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